Host Chris is joined by Chris Horton as this week's guest is Cat Paterson, Director, HR Business Partner at Elastic. Her recent role has been to manage Elastic's EMEA workforce of around 3000 employees.

Like most companies in the technology sector they have had to undergo some kind of restructuring earlier on in the year, Elastic also had to do the same. Listen to learn how Cat was able to overcome the challenges she faced and to learn how using compassion and respect can help both your leaving employees as well as the remaining members of the organization.

A new series of videos has been launched to provide a deeper dive into the three core themes of our One Big Thing Campaign; hybrid working, employee value proposition (EVP) and talent.

In this podcast episode, host Chris is joined by two LACErs Tim Ringo and Chris Horton to discuss where we are with regard to these topics at this point in time. It is also discussed how there is a difference in HR priorities around the world. Take a moment to listen to our podcast now to find out how these challenges have evolved and what's next in this space.

We have recently launched our newest whitepaper, Market pulse check: Seven common themes in People Analytics. This piece of research focused on the People and Workforce Analytics space and aimed to answer two questions; what are the key trends in the people analytics space? and which challenges will be most significant moving forward?

In this episode our podcast host Chris is joined by two fellow LACERs and the authors of our recent whitepaper, Julian Homes and Nancy Allen. Listen now as Julian and Nancy gives us a run down on each of the seven themes. Download it here - https://lacepartners.co.uk/market-pulse-check-seven-common-themes-in-people-analytics/

In this episode host Chris speaks to Kay Phelps founder of PR in HR which topics she is seeing getting the most coverage in the HR press – and which areas are not. PR in HR are a specialist PR agency working with organisations daily to get noticed and have their own voices

They have recently released a report that showed which workplace issues journalists are talking about. Chris along with Kay delve deep into this report and pull out the key takeaways. Listen as they also compare this year’s results to the 2021 report to see what topics have increased in popularity, emerged or lost relevance.

In this episode Chris and LACE Partners co-founder and COO Cathy Acratopulo speak with Dave Page, co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Actual Experience. We get to the root of some of the challenges and assumptions in hybrid working and digital employee experience.

It's clear that the preference to work from home is going nowhere, so the importance of getting digital EX right is paramount. Listen in to hear how organisations can use data to target areas in the business which are blocking good employee experience and productivity.

Late in 2022 our team interviewed 30 CPOs from a variety of industries to determine what the “One Big Thing” keeping them up at night was. We were interested in getting a tech vendor’s perspective on our research.

Our host Chris teams up with Chris Horton to speak with David Carling, a solutions consultant at Applearn, to comment on how well our research assumptions match what they are seeing in the market and with their clients

Chris along with Evan Wynne are joined by Deirdre O'Shea who is the Associate Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology at the University of Limerick. She has come onto the podcast to give an academic perspective on the state of wellbeing and how this is impacting organisations.

Many organisations are putting a lot of emphasis on their employees' mental health these days Should organisations be thinking more holistically in terms of employee wellbeing? Listen now to hear Deidre explain what she meant by the ‘misapplication of wellbeing’ that some organisations are creating.

Chris and Debbie Mitchell are joined by Rob Boland, COO of Reward Gateway, on this podcast. Reward Gateway is an employee engagement platform that consist of several features with the aim to boost employee experience. One of these features include improving employee wellbeing. They recently published a report on the 2023 employee engagement trends. In the report there are five strategies that can be implemented to help improve employee engagement. Listen in as Rob briefly outlines the topics of the five key strategies in the report.

The talent marketplace connects and matches people with job opportunities, it’s enabled by people and technology. Rather than a single place or system they need to use it’s more of an approach to talent management. Chris and Chris Horton speak to Dan Whitehead about the talent marketplace. Listen now as they ask what are the benefits of using a talent marketplace for both the recruiter and candidate? What does it look like when it’s done well?

Who can help HR with employee mental health and wellbeing. 2 in every 5 employees experiencing anxiety, stress and depression related to work. How can businesses address this issue? This week Chris talks with Charlie Winton, Founder of OK Positive Listen to discover how Charlie's mental health journey led to him creating OK Positive.